The clipboard does not work with any Java applet on my install of Ubuntu 10.04. I am using the IcedTea plugin. I cannot copy/paste from Ubuntu to Java in either direction. However, IcedTea can copy to itself - that is, I can cut text from a Java applet and paste it into another part of that same applet. Other than this, clipboard support is fine across the rest of Ubuntu. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
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Have you investigated whether a clipboard manager such as this question works for you? askubuntu.com/questions/3335/…– fossfreedom ♦May 13, 2011 at 5:56
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gksudo gedit /etc/java-6-sun/security/java.policy
and/or
gksudo gedit /etc/java-6-openjdk/security/java.policy
or (for example)
gksudo gedit /opt/java/64/jre1.7.0_04/lib/security/java.policy
Add the following line down the bottom before the last closing bracket.
permission java.awt.AWTPermission "accessClipboard";
If you are having trouble finding the correct java.policy file to edit, you can try to locate the file using
$ sudo find / -name "*java.policy"
Similar to brendan's answer, but the silly reputation system means I have to spam with a totally new answer...
On my system (Ubuntu 12.04 running Oracle Java 1.7.0_04), I had to modify a different file, with
gksu gedit /opt/java/64/jre1.7.0_04/lib/security/java.policy
Then, as per brendan's answer, add the following line down the bottom before the last closing bracket.
permission java.awt.AWTPermission "accessClipboard";
If you are having trouble finding the correct java.policy file to edit, you can try to locate the file using
$ sudo find / -name "*java.policy"
I experienced this problem on an embedded applet in Firefox, and had to restart Firefox after editing the file.
[Feel free to delete this if my edits to brendan's posts get accepted, but I also wanted to comment in his answer with my version of Ubuntu and Java.]
I have this problem when copying text from Opera and trying to paste it in firefox and vice versa. I solve this by opening the Text Editor and pasting in it. Then I cut the text from the Text Editor and paste it in where ever I want.
The solution provided by brendan works, but it requires root access. To fix this issue with user rights, copy the file /etc/java-7-openjdk/security/java.policy to $HOME/.java/ and change the following line before the last closing brace:
permission java.awt.AWTPermission "accessClipboard";
If you use a different java version than java-7-openjdk change the path occordingly. You find the correct path with locate java.policy.
For Opera --> Firefox. You use any clipboard manager eg Parcelite.
